. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 15 THE IMPORTANCE ^;° y ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ found that vigor and tone was imparted by aTUDE. . sojourn at mountain resorts a tewthousand feet above the sea. First came the exhihirating effectand afterward the most positive and potential invigoration,which seemed to renew lost tissues and repair old ones. Butthe exact processes were not so easy to explain was discovered years ago that the blood of animals living inthe higher altitudes absorbed more oxygen than those on thelower levels. Next, that his blood was richer in the colorin
. The Catskill Mountains; . THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 15 THE IMPORTANCE ^;° y ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ found that vigor and tone was imparted by aTUDE. . sojourn at mountain resorts a tewthousand feet above the sea. First came the exhihirating effectand afterward the most positive and potential invigoration,which seemed to renew lost tissues and repair old ones. Butthe exact processes were not so easy to explain was discovered years ago that the blood of animals living inthe higher altitudes absorbed more oxygen than those on thelower levels. Next, that his blood was richer in the coloringmatter (haemoglobin), and also that the number of redcorpuscles was greatlv augmented. Bearing in mind that theblood absorbs oxvgen in the lungs and transfers it to the tissuesof the body bv means of these red corpuscles, the advantagesof this increase of oxygen and its tiny carriers is at once ap-parent. The microbes of disease, which may have securedlodgment by any grievious unsanitary condition of life, or bythe ex
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